commodify

To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.

Verb

  1. To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.
    • [… - 2009 January 17, John R. MacArthur, “Hope as a commodity”, in Toronto Star:
    • As capitalism, especially in its current neoliberal and globalized form, seeks to commodify the world, to transform everything existing—earth, water, air, living creatures, the human body, human relationships, love,...
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Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English commodify From commodity + -ify.

Forms

commodifies commodifying commodified

Synonyms

commercialize commoditize

Related

decommodify

Derived

commodifiability commodifiable commodification commodificational commodifier recommodify